Al Copeland-1980

[cashbrain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kc1...eature=related

I didn't know he raced a Cigarette..anyone know where this boat is now?

[Brownie]

I think that boat had SternPowr drives.

[DAREDEVIL]

Isn't that the Michelob Light Boat with #3's ????
Now Crazy Creek !!??

[BattleCry]

Somewhere, there is a village missing its idiot.

[OneBadInjun]

Somewhere, there is a village missing its idiot.

[OneBadInjun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kc1...eature=related

I didn't know he raced a Cigarette..anyone know where this boat is now?

Who did this filming? Not bad film work, but the commentator sucks.

[HIGH LIFE]

He also had a 39' Cig BUBBLE DECK, it's on ebay now, at LSU...."HIGH LIFE"

[cashbrain]

Ya...forgot about that one. I saw it run in NOLA and it run incredible..
(it didn't have stern drives )

[glassdave]

Who did this filming? Not bad film work, but the commentator sucks.

That would be our own T2X. I believe he did these on the fly (literally . . . in the chopper ).
He is to offshore what Frank Gifford is to football . . . .

[Fast Shafts]

Wasn't Frank a legend in his own mind??

[glassdave]

Wasn't Frank a legend in his own mind??

heck i dont know . . . i dont really know much about football. I was just try'in to think of that guy i always heard on those NFL news reels

wasnt that Frank? . . . . or Chris Schenkel? . . . . one of those guys ? . . . . anyway, Rich is like whoever that guy was . . . the voice of offshore racing

[cashbrain]

Did you guys happen to read the thread topic by chance?

[Toasty]

sure it was rich? i thought it was the man right before rich. kinda doesnt sound like rich.
crist my ears stink anyway. too much small blocks and open headers on the sutphen

happy holidays
Christian

[smokeybandit]

Definitely not Rich on that one.

Now back to the thread. There is a pic out there of Popeye's in huge seas. Looks like something out of Deadliest Catch. I believe it was in one of the races in Europe. If anyone has a copy they should post it. Very cool pic.

[T2x]

That would be our own T2X. I believe he did these on the fly (literally . . . in the chopper ).
He is to offshore what Frank Gifford is to football . . . .

Actually that's not me doing the announcing........I started with Phil shortly afterward.......

[T2x]

I believe that is the Popeye's boat that landed on top of Joel Halpern's Cat, Beep Beep, injuring Joel fatally, the following year at New Orleans...... The accident occured in the pre race milling area when Popeye's was planing off and the Beep Beep, Aluminum Cougar sort of drove under the bow of the monohull. I saw Al shortly after and he was devastated. There was a lawsuit and some settlement was reached. I may be wrong, but think that was Al's first race boat. He came back into the sport, thankfully, with the old Satisfaction, Cougar Cat which he raced for a short time. He also raced Mike Drewry's Open class, outboard, 36' Maelstrom in one event, prior to unveiling the first of his four engined Cougar Superboats.

That accident is the reason why you have the pre-race off plane clockwise circles that are still in use today. This assures that all boats are going in the same direction and at a slow speed. In the old days the boats randomly ran around waiting for the start boat to pick them up.....

T2x

[h2oMag]

Here are a few pic's I shot of Popeyes racing on the Detroit river in the early 80's.

[Black Tornado]

Isn't that the Michelob Light Boat with #3's ????
Now Crazy Creek !!??

Not the former Ippolito's Scarab 38' but a original Cig. 37'6 sister boat of the Jacoby's Ajac Hawk.

[NNRT]

Actually that's not me doing the announcing........I started with Phil shortly afterward.......

It was my lawyer friend Doug Calhoun who was pressed into service. I just told him to say what he saw - he did - !

All these Memories - wow -

Phil

[chewiekw]

Didn't Al have an old school Cig with the bubble deck and a scarab?